Page holding clip for checkbooks



Nov. 15, 1949 I P. MUKOYED 2, 88,22

PAGE HOLDING our FOR cnmcxaooxs Filed April 8, 1947 Paul Mule W9 yaw/{156% Patented Nov. 15, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application April 8, 1947, Serial No. 740,087 In Canada March 8, 1941 1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding back turned-up leaves of a book, pad or the like.

The invention particularly appertains to an attachment device of this kind which is suited for a counter-sales check book. In the use of such a book it is awkward to write out an order while taking it over the telephone because the turned-up leaves require to be held back and this can not be conveniently done with the one hand which is available for writing. Therefore it is most desirable to employ some form of an attachment as a leaf-holder.

According to the present invention there is provided a clip adapted to fit on the bound edge of the book having oppositely disposed upstanding ears between which the leaves are admitted as they are turned up. The ears are provided with inwardly protruding fingers over which the turned-up leaves are forced and by which they are held back.

The invention provides a convenient and serviceable device which is inexpensive to manufacture. Desirably it is constructed to also serve as a pencil holder.

The drawing hereunto annexed illustrates a device constructed in accordance with the invention.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective aspect of the device clipped onto a counter-sales check book ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the device showing how turned-up leaves of the book are held back.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device removed from the book.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawing the reference numeral 5 denotes the clip portion of the device which is a U-shaped member of substantially rigid material having sufficient inherent springiness to enable it to frictionally engage the bound end of a counter-sales book represented at 6.

The bottom leg of said clip constitutes a base plate 1. Integral extensions are provided on the ends of the base plate which are bent upwardly at right angles to form ears 8 disposed in close proximity to the side edges of the book. The book fits freely between said ears, which are of a length to upstand well above the top of the book.

Retaining fingers 9 are provided on said ears and are spaced above the clip. Said fingers protrude from the inner faces of said ears and extend downwardly and outwardly to terminate in abrupt faces Ill. The downwardly sloping fingers enable pages of the book to be easily passed between them with no appreciable effort on the part of the user. The abrupt faces I0 engage the turned-up pages to hold them back, as will be clearly understood by reference to Fig. 2.

From what has been said it will be obvious that in the use of the device it is only necessary to turn up the page of a duplicate or copy of an order and press the page backwardly between the fingers of the ears to hold it clear of the next fresh page.

For convenience, a pencil holder is desirably formed on one of the ears. The pencil holder is fashioned by curling a side edge portion of the ear into a tapered socket receptive to the pointed end of a pencil, indicated at 12 in Fig. 3.

The invention provides an attachment device which can be cheaply manufactured of pressed metal and the fingers can be struck up by means of suitable dies. Other material could of course be use, such as a suitable plastic. Although the invention has been described as an attachment for holding back the leaves of a counter-sales book, it is also capable of use for other books of the stub variety.

What I claim is:

An attachment for holding turned up leaves of a book, said attachment comprising a resilient clip having elongated upper and lower clamping elements, the upper clamping element having an inner side edge; a pair of aligned ears rigidly upstanding from the ends of the lower clamping element beyond the ends of the upper clamping element; and a finger struck up from each ear to project inwardly and downwardly from the inner face thereof and spaced above the upper clamping element and disposed backwardly with respect to said inner side edge thereof.

PAUL MUKOYED.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,780,079 Jeffries Oct. 28, 1930 1,806,950 Pratt May 26, 1931 2,201,962 Walton May 21, 1940 

